Accountability is not measured in billions of dollars. It is measured in outcomes. More money alone will not save the health system. Sow us the outcomes, measure them publicly, and hold the system accountable for delivering them open.substack.com/pub/alamyoos...

My request to NSW Health Minister: show us the outcomes, measure them publicly, and hold the system accountable for delivering them

More money alone will not save the health system. Better outcomes will!

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#RuralGeneralist is like a Swiss knife — able to morph into whatever the situation demands. It’s not multitasking for the sake of it; it’s connecting all parts of #ruralhealth care into one purpose @maritacowie.bsky.social omny.fm/shows/destin...

Close-Knit Community Care in Finley; Training tomorrow’s Rural Doctors. Rural Generalist A/Prof Alam Yoosuff - Destination Medicine

From Sri Lanka to small town Finley NSW. That was the path Associate Professor Alam Yoosuff and his wife took about 20 years ago. And what a journey it’s been. From becoming entrenched in the communit...

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Let it die, just don’t be seen killing it: The silent policy behind rural procedural decline Rural hospitals are hollowing out — open in name, empty in service. We chase ‘system safety’ while communities left unsafe? @maritacowie.bsky.social @racgppresident.bsky.social @croakeynews.bsky.social

$265M GP training (400+spots) $205M GP reg sal incentives $44M GP trainee entitlements $44M John Flynn placements $48M 100+ CSP med students $3.5B tripling bulk bill incentives $500M women’s health Total =3.9B What’s rest of 8.5B pledged for? @melissasweetdr.bsky.social @racgppresident.bsky.social

My latest for @aunz.theconversation.com about the warnings from health authorities to protect against mosquito bites and Japanese encephalitis virus

The Conversation AUNZ@aunz.theconversation.com · 2y ago

Health authorities in Victoria and NSW are warning of an increased risk of potentially life threatening mosquito-borne disease. What can you do to protect yourself and your family?

It seems like their nuclear policy has detonated right in their own hands—proof that poor planning can be more explosive than the weapons!!

The nation’s capital is short of GPs, imagine the plight of Rural Remote! Aus has to accept the fact that It cannot be self sufficient with GPs for the foreseeable future. Our strategy has to FOCUS on how BEST to manage it @racgppresident.bsky.social @maritacowie.bsky.social

David Pocock@davidpocock.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our GP shortage in CBR is deepening & it will impact the people who can least afford it. We need a plan to train & attract GPs in the Capital. I recently wrote to Education Minister to support ANU's request for more training places at our medical school. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/884296...

‘Drugs are bad becomes people who use drugs are bad’ NSW Drug Summit 2024. ‘I worry that people will find out - I become Megan the drug user, this robs us of our humanity, you can’t help but absorb this shame…the fundamental sense of being wrong and not belonging…’ Megan Moses

Sadly, in hospitals I see many grounded astronauts and caged eagles. Specialists and clinicians who are gifted and trained to reach the stars but shackled by the burden of administration for which they were not trained for. Complete mismatch. Loss of purpose, value and training.

Popping up GP services in areas of market failure should be a collaboration between PHNs, Local Health Services & GPs. Define it as a service not a business @racgppresident.bsky.social @maritacowie.bsky.social

@themedicalrepublic.bsky.social · 2y ago

PHN pitches in for rural GP practice, by @hollypayne.bsky.social. The federal government put aside more than $30 million in grant money over two years to prop up general practice in areas of market failure. Who knew! www.medicalrepublic.com.au/phn-pitches-... #medsky #GPs

A perennial issue: antimicrobial stewardship and the looming catastrophe of widespread antimicrobial resistance in the community. My thoughts: www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...

newsGP - Push for antimicrobial resistance public awareness

Australia’s Chief Medical Officer is renewing his push for patients not to pressure prescribers into approving unnecessary treatments.

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So many of my patients leave tertiary hospitals without understanding what was wrong or what was done. Plain language explanations are essential for continuity of care—and for patients to truly understand their health journey. #HealthLiteracy #PatientCare” @racgppresident.bsky.social

145 of 295 psychiatrists in the NSW public hospitals want to resign over workforce shortages & pay. 1/3 of current vacancies are not filled or filled by locums with no continuity of care www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

Half of NSW's public hospital psychiatrists threatening to resign

NSW's entire hospital system would be put under strain if half of the salaried workforce leave, but many psychiatrists believe it is the only way to get the government's attention, the doctors' union ...

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A romp through a complex thesis in a 20 min mixed audience thesis presentation. How important is “chat” in the medical workplace? Of course I had to leave things out but thesis is open access. www.medicalrepublic.com.au/why-gps-work...

Why GPs work best when they’re in a social network - Medical Republic

Watch the recording of Adjunct Professor Karen Price's presentation on social networks and general practice at TMR's Burning GP conference.

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Access to Termination of Pregnancy: NSW Minister says “no ban”, LHDs escape with secrecy & role delineation etc. What I want to hear is 👉🏼Access(equitable) 👉🏼Remove variation based on LHDs, LHD based preference 👉🏼Open - Published referral pathways based on State guidelines

Bianca Nogrady@biancanogrady.bsky.social · 2y ago

Shout-out to ABC national regional affairs reporter Lucy Barbour for revealing how two regional hospitals - Orange and Queanbeyan – have been trying to introduce #abortion bans by stealth. Both bans have since been reversed. This is why #journalism matters. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

Allen Yung's Golden Rules of ID. Copied over from the Other Place for @kottonnelson.bsky.social #IDSky

It’s not easy switching platforms—you can’t see your favorites or familiar faces as readily. If we’ve connected before, tap on my profile and let’s re-link!